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Noughts and Crosses
Malorie Blackman

In this dystopian series of five novels on racism, oppression and the abuse of power, a black majority (the Crosses) rules over a white minority (the Noughts) after African people colonized Europe. Set in Britain in an alternate reality, this paves the way for a love story a la Romeo and Juliet.

The story invites its readers to shift their perspective using reverse- or counter stereotyping, which may lead to a paradigm shift.

· · 2001

Critical edition

Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and Crosses. Penguin, 2017. 496 pp., ISBN 9780141378640

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  • Award-winning
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